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HMS Example (P165) is an Archer-class patrol and training vessel of the British Royal Navy, based at HMS Calliope in Gateshead, England. She is the first ship to bear her name.
Example is currently attached to the Northumbrian URNU, and has a crew of 5 (plus up to 12 students). She acts as a training ship for students at Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria, Teesside and Sunderland universities.
The ship takes part in deployments over the University summer holidays, giving the students an opportunity to spend a longer amount of time living on board the ship and to experience larger scale naval operations with other URNUs. The ship played a prominent role in the 2004 Entente Cordiale celebrations, and escorted HMS Endurance in the 2005 International Fleet Review.
Originally constructed as the lead ship of the Example Class (a build run of the Archer Class including Express, Explorer and Exploit), the design was an offshoot of the Archer class 40kt Coast Guard vessels built for Oman in the late 70s and was superseded by the improved Archer class launched in the late 90s.
Built by Watercraft Ltd (Shoreham by Sea) and launched in 1985, HMS Example was designated an Auxiliary Service Vessel (A153) and utilised by the Royal Navy Auxiliary Service (RNXS) until the service was disbanded on 31 Mar 94. HMS Example was commissioned into the Royal Navy later that year with Mrs J P Barker as her Sponsor and in the presence of Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland. She was re-designated P165 and transferred to the University Royal Naval Unit.